Anne Fischer
As China expands energy storage manufacturing, the U.S. can step up to compete
By investing in factories to build zinc-ion batteries for energy storage, the U.S. can rapidly establish a complete energy storage supply chain.
Wood Mackenzie acquired by Veritas Capital
With the acquisition of analyst firm, Wood Mackenzie, Veritas expands the datasets it can provide to upstream producers and data asset managers on the global transition to clean energy.
First Solar announces $270 Million investment in R&D innovation center
Despite a less than stellar earnings report, First Solar continues to expand with new manufacturing planned along with dedicated R&D facility to increase learning and reduce downtime on commercial production lines.
U.S. Army builds further resilience with flow battery pilot project at Fort Carson
The redox flow battery dubbed GridStar Flow is intended to help protect the installation during emergency situations.
It’s time to combat utility opposition to solar
As part of Aurora Solar’s Empower 2022 online solar summit, Bernadette Del Chiaro, from the California Solar & Storage Association, will moderate a talk about electric utilities and how they have abused their monopoly position to discriminate against solar in the U.S. Here, she gives pv magazine a taste of the presentation.
A globalized supply chain is key to cutting costs in solar module manufacturing
A study published in Nature finds that a globalized supply chain of solar saved countries $67 billion in solar module production costs.
High electricity rates push homeowners to consider solar
Rising electric rates, grid instability, environmental concerns and decreased solar costs are all reasons for homeowners to go solar, according to a study by Rocket Solar.
Solar-plus-storage kept the lights on in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona
Sunnova SunSafe solar + storage systems generated a total of nearly 2 GWh of energy total with 3.4 million hours of aggregate back-up power, or an average of 128 hours of power generated per household.
Vertical solar on high-rise building to produce 58 MWh annually
An 83-foot building with 120 solar modules uses SolarEdge optimizers to overcome shading from neighboring buildings.
Xendee microgrid design platform update includes Inflation Reduction Act incentives
The software offers tools to apply the many incentives in the IRA throughout the modeling process.
